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StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
138. Your continued insistence that I've ever suggested that "no one is allowed to express" an opinion
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 08:38 AM
Sep 2021

much less, tried to stop them from doing so, is now beyond laughable - especially considering how freely and often you express your own opinions not only about my opinions, but about me personally, just about anytime I post a view you disagree with.

For someone who thinks their ability to express an opinion is being quashed by a stranger on an anonymous website, you sure do express your opinion an awful lot, as is your right.

But claiming they "aren't allowed to express" themselves is not an altogether unusual response from those who are incapable of offering any substantive rebuttal to stated facts - an online version of pounding the table. The consistency and vigor of their complaining is usually directly proportional to their inability to hold their own on the substance of the discussion.

So, pound on. No one's trying to stop you (not even me ...)

Worse than that . FalloutShelter Sep 2021 #1
The media is treating him as viable and not the criminal he is. Barely discussed is the near coup. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #8
Maddening! FalloutShelter Sep 2021 #10
Part of how we got him to start was media treating him a viable. KentuckyWoman Sep 2021 #131
Because evolves Sep 2021 #94
Care to elaborate? StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #98
Think of who owns each media outlet. evolves Sep 2021 #135
You think that Biden's Justice Department is so corrupt that it is making its criminal justice decis StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #137
Not at all. evolves Sep 2021 #156
Gotcha! StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #158
??????????? evolves Sep 2021 #163
That meant I understand what you were saying StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #164
My apologies-- evolves Sep 2021 #166
... StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #167
Yep. FalloutShelter Sep 2021 #109
when are they gonna start telling him to quit whining and go away? like they did mopinko Sep 2021 #144
Excellent question StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #145
The situation really is dire. Not just Turd but the entire GQP is being treated as legitimate. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #148
You really think that President Biden's DOJ is enabling terrorists? StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #149
They're releasing them on plea bargains or even less. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #151
That doesn't answer my question. StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #152
That wasn't your question. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #153
Actually, it was my question StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #159
Won't be long malaise Sep 2021 #2
I sincerely hope you are correct Malaise. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #9
I know that you're not given to blind optimism Orrex Sep 2021 #22
For practical purposes, there is barely a year left to get this done. mn9driver Sep 2021 #3
that's what really sucks. They burn it down and half of America is fine with it. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #11
What would you suggest be done? Caliman73 Sep 2021 #4
Point well taken empedocles Sep 2021 #6
The Repukes are better at it. Dems not so much. We're just too nice in situations that warrant immed Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #12
It isn't about being "too nice". Caliman73 Sep 2021 #65
You explained this very eloquently. EffieBlack Sep 2021 #69
Well said. Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #72
I am not suggesting we "dismantle" anything. I am hopeful for an urgency and media coverage. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #91
There may be an obvious lack of urgency in the media - that's something we can see StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #96
There you go again slamming DUers. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #129
This is not a centrist issue...and please consider the only reason we have any majority is Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #147
So, let me get this straight StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #150
Democrats do no control media coverage, which would allow for "urgency" to be seen. Caliman73 Sep 2021 #162
If the Dems and Repukes were reversed. Crunchy Frog Sep 2021 #16
This is definitely true. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #18
That's because they would only be laser-focused on indicting. Everything else would be left to rot. chowder66 Sep 2021 #20
Really? Caliman73 Sep 2021 #67
Pretend he's poor and black Miguelito Loveless Sep 2021 #35
Sadly true Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #73
Act like Trump and his children are Muslim? He'd be in Gitmo tomorrow uponit7771 Sep 2021 #110
+1000. nt ecstatic Sep 2021 #134
Trump is good for ratings! budkin Sep 2021 #5
trump may also be good for underming trump over time. empedocles Sep 2021 #7
Due process grinds slowly. Politics move quickly. The media has no conscience. Mr. Ected Sep 2021 #13
well said. We don't have the luxury of time right now. Where is Garland? Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #14
I ask the same. He is burying his head methinks. triron Sep 2021 #15
Or maybe he's busy doing his job StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #84
Every day in this country Miguelito Loveless Sep 2021 #40
Careful. Expressing a wish for an indictment of anyone connected to TFG is considered Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #17
Amen. I don't care anymore about what others think. It's the truth. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #21
It's not the wish for an indictment that I object to... Fiendish Thingy Sep 2021 #26
God forbid people should express frustration. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #82
Nothing gets done in an election year, gab13by13 Sep 2021 #89
If nothing gets done in an election year, why rush an indictment? StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #90
Time is not on our side at present. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #108
That wasn't my question StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #114
You have proof that laws were broken every day stillcool Sep 2021 #27
Sure. You go with that. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #81
Its coming, I think. Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #74
I sure hope so. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #83
Waiting with out hands folded. fescuerescue Sep 2021 #113
That can be said about just about any topic we discuss here. No one has the power to Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #117
You sure about that? fescuerescue Sep 2021 #142
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #157
I'm impatient too, but you and I are biased. Justice shouldn't be. Bucky Sep 2021 #19
He was a fucking criminal. Either we have laws or we don't. I want transparency. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #24
Me too. But... Bucky Sep 2021 #29
Due process is also a law that must be followed StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #33
like the Bhengazi hearings? Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #37
No. The Behghazi hearings had nothing to do with Due Process StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #38
It was relentless and effective. It was in the public eye. MSM covered it. Are you seeing that now? Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #43
So you think Democrats should violate due process and hold public kangaroo hearings StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #46
You're way off base. And missing my points. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #47
of course. kidding triron Sep 2021 #120
I prefer a successful, rather than quick, prosecution Fiendish Thingy Sep 2021 #23
He appealed. Think he'll lose? I'm sure he has gobs of cash rolling in. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #25
Everyone is entitled to an appeal Fiendish Thingy Sep 2021 #45
Any other crime Roy Rolling Sep 2021 #28
A twenty dollar bill. That brings it down to reality.. Miss Mr. Natural BTW Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #30
He is treated by the media as a 'bad boy' rich guy like Elan Musk, instead of a coup leading traitor Jon King Sep 2021 #31
well said. It's like an abusive relationship. Has been for 5 years. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #34
Why do you think they haven't yet been indicted? StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #32
I'm not in DOJ so I would not know. Charges are unknown and a danger to us all if they don't act. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #41
Interesting response. But it's an honest one. StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #55
I have nothing but an honest opinion of how I see things. Somewhat novel in todays world I guess. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #63
I'm with you, gab13by13 Sep 2021 #97
Agreed. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #101
Some folks are willing to wait for Justice... Fiendish Thingy Sep 2021 #50
... StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #51
I'll be here all week; don't forget to tip your server...nt Fiendish Thingy Sep 2021 #66
#1 Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #76
What's your best guess about when indictments will start to be handed down? TheRickles Sep 2021 #85
I honestly have no idea when they'll be handed down StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #87
Thanks, though w/r/t timing, I'd be more worried about the rapidly approaching TheRickles Sep 2021 #140
Democrat lawmakers and media assumed Trump could not possibly win in 2016, so they gave him a pass Doodley Sep 2021 #36
Yep. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #39
He should be arrested and tried for conspiring to commit treason. Initech Sep 2021 #42
Totally agree. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #44
Good lord. Stop. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #48
The hide thread feature is your friend. Crunchy Frog Sep 2021 #54
No. Rational thinking is my friend. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #58
Why the Dems Snackshack Sep 2021 #49
This! Thank you Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #52
Yes, they should Bettie Sep 2021 #61
Remember back in October, when we worried time would run out on his crimes... NullTuples Sep 2021 #53
Orange Julius will use everrything in his Cult operating system to burn us down. Enemy #1. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #56
Remember back in 2019 when many of the same people who think DOJ will NEVER prosecute Trump StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #57
Impeaching him meant nothing to him, the GOP or their base. NullTuples Sep 2021 #60
LOL StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #64
I totally disagree gab13by13 Sep 2021 #104
I think you meant to direct this to someone else StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #115
The post was valid. The base and the crime boss family is not daunted, but encouraged. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #105
People are starting to lose interest in 1/6. The legal system was not created to meet the needs of hadEnuf Sep 2021 #59
and it worked. HRC lost. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #62
Hillary didn't "lose" because of the Benghazi hearings. EffieBlack Sep 2021 #70
YES! Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #79
You are correct. It was just one piece of the right wing conspiracy that she spoke of 25 years ago. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #88
Robt. Mueller greatly contributed putting the kabosh on HRC's chance to secure the win. sprinkleeninow Sep 2021 #116
Are you sure you mean Robert Mueller and not James Comey? StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #122
What looks like "clear evidence" to some ... NanceGreggs Sep 2021 #68
You need to have a spokeperson to articulate what is happening. People have short attention spans. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #92
Do you want it done quick ... NanceGreggs Sep 2021 #99
How many months (9 and counting) or years does it take? Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #103
It takes exactly as long as it takes. NanceGreggs Sep 2021 #107
Yeah. Lemme know when Bush /Cheney cabal are charged with war crimes. How about a Mueller report FCS Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #111
Do you assume that since Bush and Cheney weren't charged, no one will ever be charged with a crime? StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #118
Why are you changing the subject? NanceGreggs Sep 2021 #121
It does seem slow. Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #71
It may seem that way to you and others who aren't familiar with the federal criminal justice system StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #77
Based on your experience? onenote Sep 2021 #78
This message was self-deleted by its author Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #80
Your experience tells you different? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #86
Forty years of legal practice does, yes. onenote Sep 2021 #93
What kind of legal practice? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #95
legislative and regulatory with pro bono criminal onenote Sep 2021 #106
That is truly impressive, and I mean that sincerely. But unfortunately, there are posters Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #112
I missed the posts where anyone was told that they're not allowed to express an opinion unless they StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #119
Did you miss them? How odd! Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #123
Not odd at all. StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #125
Who are you referring to? It can't be yourself because, as you said about yourself: Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #127
No, I'm not referring to myself StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #128
And because of that, no one is allowed to express frustration or voice a wish for indictments? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #136
Your continued insistence that I've ever suggested that "no one is allowed to express" an opinion StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #138
That's a shame. Because you have such a lovely laugh. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #139
Nice of you to notice! StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #141
Is that a real question? Because corruption is always the answer traitorsgalore Sep 2021 #100
You think that Biden's Justice Department and Attorney General are corrupt? StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #102
Garland is from the Federalist Society Marius25 Sep 2021 #124
No, he's not StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #126
Exactly. They're going to steal 2022 ecstatic Sep 2021 #130
Our system works well for high-status white defendants, radius777 Sep 2021 #132
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾, If Putin's Whore were Muslim he'd be under the jail. uponit7771 Sep 2021 #133
Evidence is being presented for a strong case, chill. we can do it Sep 2021 #143
This is not an easy thing to prove...knowing something and proving it are two different things. Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #146
Sometimes it seems like they're just going through the motions.. Patton French Sep 2021 #154
I think they know the whole story and the list of those involved and they're sitting on it. Hotler Sep 2021 #155
You think the Biden administration isn't indicting because they're sitting on it and StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #160
Last week, I saw where the FBI busted a sex trafficking ring in THREE HOURS!!! brooklynite Sep 2021 #161
Three hours is too long StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #165
Drama! brooklynite Sep 2021 #168
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